Re: New Bitx40
You'll figure it out. Don't give in!
73 Ken
[BITX20] <BITX20@...> wrote:
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Ken
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#18609
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Re: Bitx40 arrived but unfortunately DOA
That's also a good idea Arv.
73 Ken
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Ken
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#18607
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Re: Bitx40 arrived but unfortunately DOA
Or, you can take the opposite approach...insert the signal at the IF side
of the BFO mixer
and then move back towards the antenna in steps. Where the signal
disappears should
be close to the
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Arv Evans
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#18606
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Re: Bitx40 arrived but unfortunately DOA
Theoretically you should see around the 50 uvolts. Just trace the signal
through the stages. If there's a big drop, then check out the stage
previous. Keep in mind, that even though a solder joint
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Ken
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#18605
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Re: New Bitx40
Well, I made sure again that the transformers were not shorted. I was
getting a high voltage on the base of Q13 (Pre amp BC849) and suspected it
was bad. This is because the radio was working great at
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Mike Haynes <mike.haynes08@...>
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#18608
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Re: Bitx40 arrived but unfortunately DOA
Thanks Ken, I have a DDS based signal source that I can program anywhere between a few khz and 35 Mhz that should do the trick. I will check its output level before connecting it to the BitX40 and
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Mike Allan
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#18604
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Re: Bitx40 arrived but unfortunately DOA
If you have a signal source, very low level, feed it into the antenna and
trace the signal. Keep in mind that 50 uvolts is S9, so if your source is
higher, try loosely coupling.
73
Ken
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Ken
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#18603
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Re: Bitx40 arrived but unfortunately DOA
Powered it from a 12v battery last night still no joy. Initially the VCO was still very unstable but settled down after some time but still no signals received via a dipole. Any clues on where to
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Mike Allan
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#18602
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Re: Bitx 40 board.
It might be worse since there is no enclosure at all. Maybe not really
warming up at all. I'm hoping the enclosure itself will have some heat
retention. There are some transistors that can be used as
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Mark Walton <k3mrk1@...>
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#18601
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Re: Bitx 40 board.
What would happen if you added an intentional heater to the enclosure? I'm thinking of something like the flat stick-on pads used to warm reptile tanks, stuck on the underside of the radio enclosure?
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Thomas Noel <tnoel@...>
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#18600
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Bitx 40 board.
I recently received my BitX-40 board. Until I get the enclosure, I only
hooked it up for receive. Worked right out of the box. The only issues I've
found is the drift is pretty bad even after being
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Mark Walton <k3mrk1@...>
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#18599
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Re: eham.net reviews
No. There is no BITX posting except for the BITX20A by Hendrix. There has been no review activity for this rig since 2013 (when it first came out). So, users....review to e-ham.net under "QRP Radios
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John Backo
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#18598
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Re: New Bitx40
Thanks Joel!
wrote:
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Mike Haynes <mike.haynes08@...>
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#18596
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Re: New Bitx40
Ashhar,
Yes, that is the one I'm talking about. I'll rewind as you instructed, and
I'll double check the transformers for shorts as well.
[BITX20] <BITX20@...> wrote:
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Mike Haynes <mike.haynes08@...>
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#18597
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Re: New Bitx40
Mike,
L7 is a T37-6 toroid.
Joel
KB6QVI
[BITX20] <BITX20@...> wrote:
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Joel Caulkins/N6ALT
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#18595
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Re: New Bitx40
Mike,
Are you talking about the PA filter inductor? pull it out and wind your own
with 17 turns. If, you can retrieve it, then take a turn out and put it
back as a 16 turn inductor, the value is not
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Ashhar Farhan
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#18594
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Re: New Bitx40
Hello Ashhar,
Thanks for the feed back. I don't have an oscilloscope unfortunately, but
upon closer inspection, I noticed that the toroid for L7 (1.1 uH) is
actually broken. A small sliver of it
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Mike Haynes <mike.haynes08@...>
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#18593
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eham.net reviews
has anyone posted a review of the bitx40 kit on eham.net?
i know that there are reviews of the bitx20 kit but i didn't find any of
suni's kit or the bitx40.
- f
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Ashhar Farhan
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#18592
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Carlos Pandolphi <ps7pc@...>
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#18591
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Re: New Bitx40
Mike,
distortion is not cured by replacing the IRF510s. The low output is
certainly due to the transformer windings being shorted. Pry them apart
with a toothpick. Do you have an oscilloscope that you
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Ashhar Farhan
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#18590
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